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How to do business with Birmingham City Council

Corporate Procurement Services (CPS) is the purchasing section for Birmingham City Council. It provides specialist procurement advice and support to the Council in all aspects of purchasing goods and services ranging from ordering small simple orders through to Private Finance Initiatives.

CPS ensures that the Council's values and policies are integrated into the procurement process and comply with Council's rules and regulations, national and European law.

Birmingham City Council has launched Finditinbirmingham which is a free of charge web based information service for businesses with a SME’s in the region to access council initiated and private sector business opportunities.

Business Link have produced a comprehensive guide to Selling to Government which provides practical advice on the procurement process, procurement regulations and helps suppliers understand the tendering process for public sector contracts.

Important Information for Suppliers regarding Payments

It is the aim of Birmingham City Council (BCC to reduce costs by removing the volume of paper processing. A particular area of focus has been invoice reduction.

Suppliers can input their own purchase order invoices direct into BCC's electronic payment system. Suppliers can also view the status of their invoices.

The system provides benefits such as:

Lower invoice printing and postage costs

Prompt processing of PO invoices for payment

Quicker escalation of any invoice queries

Ability to view and track the status of invoices

The Supplier Portal is quick and easy to use and does not require formal training. We have produced clear guidelines on how to register and use the system to process your purchase order related invoices or view your payment transactions.

Birmingham City Council no longer pay vendors by cheque. If you are registered with BCC as a vendor and currently receive payment by cheque please email Vendordata@birmingham.gov.uk explain that you would like to set up BACS payment. Please ensure you include your vendor number. (BACS = Banks Automated Clearing System).

Ideal Invoice

To ensure prompt payment of invoices, please see the attached example of information required.